Yesterday I was driving on I-40 and about 30 yards in front of me a minivan in the middle lane was being tailed closely by a police officer. He turned on his lights and siren and waited for the driver of the minivan to pull to the shoulder. The driver of the minivan continued on at a stately pace for at least a half mile and didn’t make a move toward the shoulder despite having a clear lane to go through. Sensing that there might be trouble I backed off even more, as did the other drivers around me. Good thing, because when the officer pulled up next to the minivan to get the driver to pull over she proceeded to stand on her brakes and come to an almost complete stop before she started to inch over to the shoulder.

Before you say anything about me assuming it was a woman let me just say that we all had time to get a look at her as we passed by at 10 MPH. We’re all lucky we didn’t get rear ended as part of some colossal chain reaction.